Wednesday, June 30, 2010

No Charges Filed In Convenience Store Shooting

I mentioned here the case of a pair of local convenience store clerks who shot an armed robber to death; in an update, the Union County District Attorney decided not to file any charges against the clerks:

Union County District Attorney John Snyder said today that he won’t seek charges against two Sunny Food Mart clerks in the fatal shooting of a suspected robber last week.

“The honest, hard-working families that operate small businesses must be free from the fear of being robbed," Snyder said in a statement. "Those that choose to rob should be filled with fear that they will suffer the same fate as the deceased. In Union County, we have a no-return policy on armed robbery."


Now by God, that's how it's supposed to work, and does, when politicians actually trust law-abiding armed citizens with the right to self-defense and the tools to achieve it with. And if you can't see that for the public good that it is, then I'm sorry, but in my opinion, you're on the side of the criminal and really can't distinguish right from wrong.

1 comment:

Mrs. Widget said...

Can that district attorney run for higher office? I mean no "investigate the shooting", no "should let police handle"..

He makes it clear that citizens have the right (and responsibility) to protect themselves.